Notice from MS MU Team: Upcoming Update for Windows Update
Microsoft Update Team is notifying everyone about the upcoming upgrade to Windows Update and Microsoft Update services --- next month (August, 2009)
Please be aware that beginning next month, we will start an upgrade to the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services. As a part of the service upgrade, an update to the Windows Update and Automatic Updates client code will be required. We will start this infrastructure update in late August, and it will take a couple of months to complete the rollout. Updates to the services and Windows code are required from time to time to maintain and improve service quality, reliability, and operations. The last update occurred in November of 2008.
This update will not change your current Windows Update or Automatic Updates settings. It will improve the user interface for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 computers running Windows Update, adding a more visible and detailed description of updates as well as improvements in how users are notified about service packs. This update will not change the look and feel of Automatic Updates.
The Windows Update or Automatic Updates client software must be updated, or you may not be able to successfully check for updates or perform other configured actions. If Windows Update or Automatic Updates is enabled to automatically check for updates, download updates, or install updates on your computer then the infrastructure update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Your computer will not be updated if you have disabled Windows Update (or Automatic Updates) and do not check for updates.
More in http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2009/07/10/upcoming-update-for-windows-update.aspx
OK. I added this notice in Calendar of Updates which will be displayed every week until August 31. http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?act=calendar&cal_id=1&code=showevent&event_id=58167
That way, people who visits CoU or subscribe via CoU feeds are reminded every week *until August that there is upcoming update for WU/MU :D
Watch this KB article also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946928
It has link in downloading the new version of Windows Update Agent (WUA)... for manual installation only. To automatically update WUA (when it's available), just visit Windows Update website or check for updates using Windows Update application in Vista.